A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre.

Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.

My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.

I need to meet people to be able to write.

And I realized again that real life is different from reel life.

The one conclusion I have reached is that whiskey is a great leveler. You might be a hotshot advertising executive or a lowly foundry worker, but if you cannot hold your drink, you are just a drunkard.

People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.